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2 Jul 2026
Health and Safety Reps Role Descriptor
Publication Code : 012 588This A4 role descriptor leaflet outlines the role undertaken by RCN health and safety reps.
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2 Jul 2026
Learning Reps Role Descriptor
Publication Code : 012 589This A4 role descriptor leaflet outlines the role undertaken by RCN learning reps.
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2 Jul 2026
Stewards Role Descriptor
Publication Code : 012 587This A4 role descriptor leaflet outlines the role undertaken by RCN stewards.
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30 Jun 2026
RCN Group Annual Report 2025
Publication Code : 012 295The RCN Group Annual Report and Financial Statements 1 January to 31 December 2025.
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30 Jun 2026
RCN Foundation Annual Report 2025
Publication Code : 012 297The RCN Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements 1 January to 31 December 2025.
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30 Jun 2026
RCNi Group Annual Report 2025
Publication Code : 012 296The RCNi Annual Report and Financial Statements 1 January to 31 December 2025.
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25 Jun 2026
Daytime Urinary Incontinence in Children
Publication Code : 012 377Functional daytime urinary incontinence and associated bladder symptoms are common in children and young people. This guidance is designed to provide relevant comprehensive information, including the current evidence base and recommendations for assessment and treatment. The forms in the appendices have been designed to be downloaded and completed on screen or on paper.
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24 Jun 2026
No Substitutions?
Publication Code : 012 536In the face of nurse shortages, increasingly diverse skill mix and multidisciplinary care, the potential that support staff can substitute for registered nurses is often considered. In this briefing we will consider evidence to ask: is it safe and cost-effective to substitute registered nurses with support staff?
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17 Jun 2026
Safety, Equity and Expertise: A UK review of learning disability nursing
Publication Code : 012 541The Royal College of Nursing undertook this UK-wide review to assess the current state of learning disability nursing, understand the risks facing the profession, and identify what needs to change to protect and strengthen its contribution. The review sets out a series of high level recommendations to protect learning disability nursing as a safety critical profession and to address foreseeable system risks if current trends continue.
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28 May 2026
Supporting Compassionate Practice Environments (SCoPE) End of Phase Report
Publication Code : 012 322This report outlines the development of the Supporting Compassionate Practice Environments (SCoPE) initiative, responding to the RCN Congress 2023 resolution on suicide prevention in the nursing workforce.
